Recent content by selthomas

The only thing i would add to theses posts is that some horse like to travelled with the partitions tight to their sides, others like to be able to spread their feet very wide, and the really awkward ones like to be tightly partitioned while still spreading their feet, which requires a partition...

The straight bar Nathe is a nice mild bit, the rubber snaffle is OK too though often too fat for a horses mouth if it has a chain through the middle of it which it should for safety in case they chew through it!. I had a mare who was very soft inthe mouth and whenever possible i rode her in a a...

This is always frustrating for the rider, and can be a combination of tension in the horse and tension in the rider. It shouldnt be a case of 'over-checking' with your hands. You must create the forward impulsion that take the horse forward to your hand, not check in front and hope he will drop...

what a joy to see Dr Klimke riding Ali again. Good dressage should be the showing off a partnership between horse and rider, where the horse appears to do all the movements with ease, freedom and obvious happiness, with apparently little intervention by the rider. This is what Dr Klimke shows to...